基于纳米粒子的糖蛋白/糖肽分离富集方法

蛋白质糖基化是一种重要的蛋白质翻译后修饰方式,糖基化对蛋白质的结构和功能有着非常重要的影响。在血清或者组织提取液中,一些低浓度的糖蛋白/糖肽是具有高度临床灵敏性和特异性的生物标记物,这些生物分子可能对疾病发生机理探讨、疾病标记物发现及蛋白类新药开发提供重要信息。由于糖蛋白/糖肽的丰度低,从复杂的生物样品中高选择性富集糖蛋白/糖肽一直是糖蛋白组学的难点和重点。纳米结构的材料因其大比表面积、丰富的活性亲和位点和特殊结构,已经广泛应用于糖蛋白/糖肽的分离富集中。本文对基于金、SiO₂、TiO₂、Fe₃O₄、金刚石和聚合物纳米粒子为载体的糖蛋白/糖肽分离富集方法的研究进展作了简要概述,并且阐明了糖蛋白/糖肽分离富集方法所面临的挑战,最后,对其未来发展方向做了展望。     

糖蛋白/糖肽的分离富集方法*

蛋白质糖基化是一种重要的翻译后修饰,糖基化对蛋白质的结构和功能有着重要的影响。目前,作为蛋白质组学的一个组成部分,糖蛋白质组学是备受关注的研究热点。而从复杂的生物样品体系中富集糖蛋白/ 糖肽是蛋白质糖基化研究的重点和难点,本文就糖蛋白/糖肽分离富集方法的研究进展和应用作了简要概述。这些方法包括常用的凝集素亲和法、硼酸法、肼化学法和亲水作用法,还包括分子筛法、强阳离子交换法等新方法。     

Boronic Acid Functionalized Core–Shell Polymer Nanoparticles Prepared by Distillation Precipitation Polymerization for Glycopeptide Enrichment

The boronic acid‐functionalized core–shell polymer nanoparticles, poly(N,N‐methylenebisacrylamide‐co‐methacrylic acid)@4‐vinylphenylboronic acid (poly(MBA‐co‐MAA)@VPBA), were successfully synthesized for enriching glycosylated peptides. Such nanoparticles were composed of a hydrophilic polymer core prepared by distillation precipitation polymerization (DPP) and a boronic acid‐functionalized shell designed for capturing glycopeptides. Owing to the relatively large amount of residual vinyl groups introduced by DPP on the core surface, the VPBA monomer was coated with high efficiency, working as the shell. Moreover, the overall polymerization route, especially the use of DPP, made the synthesis of nanoparticles facile and time‐saving. With the poly(MBA‐co‐MAA)@VPBA nanoparticles, 18 glycopeptides from horseradish peroxidase (HRP) digest were captured and identified by MALDI‐TOF mass spectrometric analysis, relative to eight glycopeptides enriched by using commercially available meta‐aminophenylboronic acid agarose under the same conditions. When the concentration of the HRP digest was decreased to as low as 5 nmol, glycopeptides could still be selectively isolated by the prepared nanoparticles. Our results demonstrated that the synthetic poly(MBA‐co‐MAA)@VPBA nanoparticles might be a promising selective enrichment material for glycoproteome analysis.     

Facile Synthesis of Boronic Acid‐Functionalized Magnetic Mesoporous Silica Nanocomposites for Highly Specific Enrichment of Glycopeptides

In the work, aminophenylboronic acid (APB)‐functionalized magnetic mesoporous silica, which holds the attractive features of high magnetic responsivity and large surface area, was developed to enrich glycopeptides. At first, magnetic mesoporous silica nanocomposites were prepared. And then, the nanocomposites were functioned with glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane (GLYMO) for boronic acid immobilization. Due to that the boronic acid group on the surface of magnetic mesoporous silica nanocomposites can form tight yet reversible covalent bond with glycopeptides containing cis‐1,2‐diols groups, the magnetic mesoporous silica nanocomposites were successfully applied to selective enrichment of glycopeptides. APB functionalized magnetic mesoporous silica was also demonstrated to have high selectivity for the glycopeptides in the presence of a 10‐fold excess bovine serum albumin (BSA) over horseradish peroxidase (HRP) in the tryptic digest. We also find that magnetic mesoporous silica has better sensitivity in HRP digest compared with that of commercial aminophenylboronic acid‐functionalized magnetic nanoparticles beads. The limit of detection for glycopeptides from glycoprotein HRP is about 0.01 ng/µL.     

硼酸功能化介孔纳米材料的制备及其对糖肽的富集研究

制备了一种硼酸功能化介孔纳米材料, 利用硼酸基团可以和糖肽中糖链上的顺式邻位或间位羟基发生反应形成环状二酯对糖肽进行富集, 考察并比较了不同的孵育时间、孵育缓冲液、清洗方式以及洗脱液对糖肽富集的影响, 优化了该材料富集糖肽的条件, 建立了一种硼酸功能化介孔纳米材料用于选择性富集糖肽并用基质辅助激光解吸附电离-四极离子阱-飞行时间质谱(MALDI-QIT-MS)进行糖肽分析的方法.     

氧化铝富集糖肽的研究

糖基化蛋白对于生命体的生长发育, 免疫调节, 细胞识别粘附等具有重要意义, 而异常的糖基化表达与风湿关节炎、肿瘤、阻塞性肺病等疾病密切相关. 因此糖蛋白结构检测对于研究生命活动至关重要. 由于在复杂样品中糖肽含量相对较少, 加之非糖肽的离子抑制作用, 使得糖肽的质谱检测有一定的挑战性. 因此发展一种有效富集糖肽的方法是必要的. 本实验中我们选用氧化铝对糖肽进行富集研究, 并考察了影响氧化铝保留多肽的机理. 我们利用氧化铝, 从HRP酶解液中共获得16个糖肽, 从IgG酶解液中共获得12个糖肽. 与直接检测样品酶解液和经商品化材料Sepharose富集后再检测相比, 检测到糖肽的个数增多. 实验数据证明氧化铝富集糖肽具有较好的选择性和覆盖率.     

小尺度4-巯基苯硼酸修饰纳米金粒子用于大鼠肝脏糖蛋白选择性富集和质谱鉴定研究

报道了利用硼氢化钠还原一步法合成小尺度巯基苯硼酸修饰的纳米金材料（尺寸约为3 nm）,合成方法简便快捷.利用纳米金表面的硼酸基团与糖蛋白/糖肽中顺式邻二羟基的酯化反应,成功实现了糖肽和糖蛋白的选择性富集.利用该材料对糖蛋白HRP酶解产物进行富集,经富集后糖肽质谱峰的信号强度提高近百倍;将该材料用于大鼠肝脏中糖蛋白的富集...     

糖蛋白/糖肽分离富集中的化学

糖蛋白在许多生命过程中有重要的作用.糖蛋白/糖肽在复杂生物样品中的低丰度以及糖链结构的微观不均一性使其分离富集成为糖蛋白质组学研究中的难点,本文将糖蛋白/糖肽分离富集过程中使用的化学方法根据所应用的化学反应或外源功能基团的种类分为:肼化学方法,氨化学方法,硼酸化学法, β-消除米氏加成化学法;并对各化学方法的原理和优缺点进行了描述和讨论.     

Boronic acid functionalized fibrous cellulose for the selective enrichment of glycopeptides

Enrichment of glycoproteins has been important because of their dynamicity and role in biological systems. Study of glycoproteins is complex because of the simultaneous glycosylation and deglycosylation inside the body. Often employed affinities for glycopeptides are hydrazide, boronic acid, or physiosorbed lectin on support materials. Cellulose, a natural polysaccharide, has rich surface chemistry, stable structure, low cost and availability in different variants. In present study, fibrous cellulose is oxidized using periodate to modify with boronic acid. Attachment of boronic acid is confirmed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Particle size and morphology of boronic acid@fibrous cellulose is studied by scanning electron microscopy. The enrichment efficiency is evaluated by using horseradish peroxidase as model protein. Boronic acid@fibrous cellulose is selective up to 1:250 for spiked horseradish peroxidase in bovine serum albumin digest, sensitive down to 0.1 femtomol and recovering 88.15% glycopeptides. Moreover, protein binding capacity is determined as 213 mg/g and 41% sequence coverage of horseradish peroxidase protein with all eight glycosylation sites detected. Total of 18 glycopeptides are enriched from immunoglobulin digest showing ability of boronic acid@fibrous cellulose to enrich glycoproteins from multiglycoforms. Enrichment from human serum recovers 18% extracellular and 72% secreted glycoproteins via bottom‐up approach and online tools.     

一种弱阳离子交换材料的亲水模式糖肽富集新方法

亲水作用色谱(HILIC)材料在糖肽的富集与分离中得到越来越广泛的应用. 针对目前HILIC材料糖肽选择性不足的缺点, 发展新的糖肽富集方法十分必要. 本工作发展了一种商品化的弱阳离子交换材料(WCX)在亲水模式下对糖肽的富集方法. 首先考察了微固相萃取(SPE)模式下WCX上多肽保留的机理. 结果显示, WCX上糖肽的保留同时受乙腈含量和pH的影响. 将WCX用于牛胎球蛋白(fetuin)胰蛋白酶酶解液中糖肽的富集, 获得了39条糖肽信号. 当fetuin与牛血清白蛋白(BSA)酶解液以物质的量比1:5混合时, 富集到26条糖肽信号. 富集人免疫球蛋白(IgG)胰蛋白酶酶解液时获得25条糖肽信号, 1:5时获得23条糖肽信号. 实验说明WCX对唾液酸化和非唾液酸化糖肽的富集均有高选择性. 该方法拓展了WCX的应用范围, 丰富了HILIC材料的种类.     

FeOOH@Metal–Organic Framework Core–Satellite Nanocomposites for the Serum Metabolic Fingerprinting of Gynecological Cancers

High‐throughput metabolic analysis is of significance in diagnostics, while tedious sample pretreatment has largely hindered its clinic application. Herein, we designed FeOOH@ZIF‐8 composites with enhanced ionization efficiency and size‐exclusion effect for laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (LDI‐MS)‐based metabolic diagnosis of gynecological cancers. The FeOOH@ZIF‐8‐assisted LDI‐MS achieved rapid, sensitive, and selective metabolic fingerprints of the native serum without any enrichment or purification. Further analysis of extracted serum metabolic fingerprints successfully discriminated patients with gynecological cancers (GCs) from healthy controls and also differentiated three major subtypes of GCs. Given the low cost, high‐throughput, and easy operation, our approach brings a new dimension to disease analysis and classification.     

新型离子液体基质用于MALDI-MS高效离子化寡糖/糖肽

本研究发展了四种基于三羟基苯乙酮(THAP)的新型离子液体基质, 即2',3',4'-THAP/二甲基苯胺(DMA)、2',4',6'-THAP/DMA、2',3',4'-THAP/吡啶(Py)及2',4',6'-THAP/Py, 用于提高寡糖/糖肽在MALDI-TOF MS中的离子化效率. 与传统的固体基质2,5-二羟基苯甲酸(DHB)和2',4',6'-三羟基苯乙酮(2',4',6'-THAP)相比, 新型离子液体体系分析不同类型的寡糖链, 均可获得更高的检测灵敏度. 可使葡聚糖(dextran 1000)和环状寡聚糖β-环糊精在MALDI质谱中的信噪比提高10倍以上, RNase B的复杂寡糖链也实现了高灵敏度的检测. 在糖肽分析中, 2',3',4'-THAP/DMA离子液体高灵敏度地检测到辣根过氧化酶的7条糖肽, 而2',3',4'-THAP作为基质时却无法检测到任何信号.     

Synthesis of Glc1Man9‐Glycoprotein Probes by a Misfolding/Enzymatic Glucosylation/Misfolding Sequence

Glycoproteins in non‐native conformations are often toxic to cells and may cause diseases, thus the quality control (QC) system eliminates these unwanted species. Lectin chaperone calreticulin and glucosidase II, both of which recognize the Glc₁Man₉ oligosaccharide on glycoproteins, are important components of the glycoprotein QC system. Reported herein is the preparation of Glc₁Man₉‐glycoproteins in both native and non‐native conformations by using the following sequence: misfolding of chemically synthesized Man₉‐glycoprotein, enzymatic glucosylation, and another misfolding step. By using synthetic glycoprotein probes, calreticulin was found to bind preferentially to a hydrophobic non‐native glycoprotein whereas glucosidase II activity was not affected by glycoprotein conformation. The results demonstrate the ability of chemical synthesis to deliver homogeneous glycoproteins in several non‐native conformations for probing the glycoprotein QC system.     

Selective enrichment of glycopeptides based on copper tetra(N‐carbonylacrylic) aminephthalocyanine and iminodiacetic acid functionalized polymer monolith

Efficient separation and enrichment of low‐abundance glycopeptides from complex biological samples is the key to the discovery of disease biomarkers. In this work, a new material was prepared by coating copper tetra(N‐carbonylacrylic) aminephthalocyanine and iminodiacetic acid onto poly(glycidyl methacrylate‐pentaerythritol triacrylate) monolith. The monolith was applied to polymer monolithic microextraction for specific capture of glycopeptides coupled with matrix‐assisted laser desorption/ionization time‐of‐flight mass spectrometry. The developed monolith exhibited satisfactory efficiency for glycopeptide enrichment with high selectivity and detection sensitivity. When the tryptic digest of immunoglobulin G was used as the sample, total 24 glycopeptides were identified and the detection limit was determined as 5 fmol. When the approach was applied to the analysis of glycopeptides in the mixture of bovine serum albumin and immunoglobulin G (100:1, m/m) digests, 16 glycopeptides could still be observed. Moreover, the monolith was successfully applied to the selective enrichment of glycopeptides from human serum digests, exhibiting great practicability in identifying low‐abundance glycopeptides in complex biological samples.     

The Electrochemical Characterization of Single Core–Shell Nanoparticles

We report the direct solution‐phase characterization of individual gold‐core silver‐shell nanoparticles through an electrochemical means, with selectivity achieved between the core and shell components based on their different redox activities. The electrochemically determined core–shell sizes are in excellent agreement with electron microscopy‐based results, successfully demonstrating the electrochemical characterization of individual core–shell nanoparticles.     

Stabilization of Palladium Nanoparticles on Nanodiamond–Graphene Core–Shell Supports for CO Oxidation

Nanodiamond–graphene core–shell materials have several unique properties compared with purely sp²‐bonded nanocarbons and perform remarkably well as metal‐free catalysts. In this work, we report that palladium nanoparticles supported on nanodiamond–graphene core–shell materials (Pd/ND@G) exhibit superior catalytic activity in CO oxidation compared to Pd NPs supported on an sp²‐bonded onion‐like carbon (Pd/OLC) material. Characterization revealed that the Pd NPs in Pd/ND@G have a special morphology with reduced crystallinity and are more stable towards sintering at high temperature than the Pd NPs in Pd/OLC. The electronic structure of Pd is changed in Pd/ND@G, resulting in weak CO chemisorption on the Pd NPs. Our work indicates that strong metal–support interactions can be achieved on a non‐reducible support, as exemplified for nanocarbon, by carefully tuning the surface structure of the support, thus providing a good example for designing a high‐performance nanostructured catalyst.